I thought it was Adam Ant…
App is “Garden Answers” but it takes 7.1 or later. I’m still old school
That’s a really lovely shrub @Dunc. I don’t know what it is but I have a feeling it has a nice scent…reminds me a little of photinia, but the leaves aren’t quite right for it.
I agree, it does have a nice scent.
Looks like Jasmine variety … Leaves. buds, flower clusters n flowers look correct to me. If it has a very sweet fragrance it’s got to be some variety of the JAS ! Flowers are a bit waxy in texture.
I have two of the vine variety next to my small waterfall n pond for me bees.
See if I’m correct,
Gerald
Yah ! I see this blue lupine variety in the mild to upper slopes of the Cascade Mtns n eastern pine country east of our Cascade Mtns here. In Texas they call it Blue Bonnets… New Zealand I know has the larger variety in many colors too.
Gerald
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Any body know what this is coming out the middle of a palm
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Looks like a cross between a pineapple and a slinky
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Would you call it a plinky, or a slinkapple?
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Im not game to taste it for you
I wonder because of it’s similarity to a pineapple if it’s a bromeliad rather than a palm? Apparently, based on a quick search, pineapples are a cluster of berries with each segment being a flower/berry.
could be there heaps of bromeliads near it but its definitely coming out of the middle of spiky palm frongs. I will check google now
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That’s one strange plant ! Looks like an over sized pine cone. But wayyyyy too huge for that !
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I read The Telegraph UK, and found this
Hopeful this will helps you 
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Late reply but it was the flower & fruiting body of the plant, it’s in the cycad family.
Gerald it’s a Gardenia. Not sure which one without leaf & form.
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It looks elegant but scary…
Any ideas? Started growing under a small cedar bush in my front yard. You can sort of see the leaves of the plant near the ground in the picture. Almost clover like.
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Aquilegia, aka Colombine or Granny’s Bonnet. 
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